provi::oil LIZ?:. NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER Published at Canada's Most Strategic Pacific Port "Prince Rupert, the Key to the Great Northwest VOL. XXXVIII, No. 105. PRINCE RUPERT, B. C, THURSDAY, MAY 5, 1949 PRICE FIVE CENTS Klondyke jtWcabs DAMAGES I RM SHIP j Vif&M TTYca TWitt ixOrn V i a a iii'-- J the remains of .t Elkhound l; aid-stream of the, Over 100,000 Workers May Be Put Out of Work Canadian Pacific Raihvay Alarmed fry Serious Drop Toped tnroi'K" i ;-7 W , (ON 'p1. One crew. ..man WPSiej In Net Operating Return rcporU'd to be I . hnnltal following i,H in the uiasi DETROIT (CP) Ford Motor Co. was hit today by the second major strike in its history as 65,000 TInion members walked out. Final desperate peace talks had failed to settle the dispute. Some 62,000 workers streamed . , out , of the big 1 Rouge plant. : on vnn APPROACHING BYLAW STAGE Prince Rupert and district fcchool board will ask city council to set a date "as soon as possible" for the presentation of a bylaw to the ratepayers to raise money to build two new schools, one to replace King Edward elementary and the other a new wing for Booth Memorial High School. Construction cost of both schools has been set at $750,000, of which the ratepayers' share will be $375,000. The School Act , m his bunk wnen Are Lowest For Any Year Since 1905, President Mather Says MONTRF.AT., Nt returns from milu-nv nnvrn. . s.ri'k. "-"'I'1" uur" ',' of RrxUm, N.B , and other ,r burns At the Lincoln-Mercury piant anomer ou,wv hr.- was con- t,jons 0f the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1948 have J-edandbroki'n win- caU;;ed inave anxiety to the directors of the company Union memners wanted ouu The company said the strike would tie up most of the worldwide Industrial Empire and hit 106,000 production workers within nine days. This would Include , stdes of the river, Changes In Liquor Act? touI three-quarters "and must be viewed by the shareholders with equal concern," W. A. Mather, president of the company, said today in his address to the sixty-eighth annual ,je at that point. j provides that the Department of the company's plant In Canada. meeting of the shareholders Education bear half the cost oi 1 Assembly lines whose speed -H,c, ;' :'& 1 ... :!::h j " "' ' " ' ' ' - A "tit-i A, :, - W'- ;;:tl! J . b p1 I 1 ' ' . I 'UKYr- L The net earnings, $18,400,000 a year of sustained one might construction oi approved scnoois. has been the subject of wrangling for months ground to a In addition to this there will "fall below those of any year. almost say unexcelled prosper IE since 1905 ity " Mr. Mather said StOp. : TO 12 be an amount estimated at between $40,000 and $50,000 for new furnishings and other "The prolonged opposition toi "The other i.ncome of your an Increase in freight rates and j VANCOUVER B British Columbians who vote In the provincial election on June 15 may be asked to cast ballots in a plebiscite seeking approval for changes In the Liquor Act, It was reported Wednesday. The plebiscite would ask approval for the sale of beer and wines with meals In rtstau-rants and food In beer parlors. No provision would be made Planning for construction of DEVALERA HITS the resulting delay In obtaining adequate increases In revenues has forced your company to re a 10-classroom building to re 7T0N, D.C. (P-Tlio tide of Berlin will REPUBLIC BILL place the present King Edward School Is now in Its final stages. !3v 12 under a Big Wednesday, Board Secretary, lit announced to- for cocktail lounges. The cabinet ministers are re DUBLIN B Eamon de Valera, former Prime Minister of Eire, Mrs. M. M. Roper received a fswrn powers oun- scale model of the school which ported making survey and fin ol the Soviet zone said yesterday that the British company is derived principally from steamships, hotels and the interest your company holds In the Consolidated Min.Vvr and Smelting Company. On many occasions in the past your hotels and steamships have operated at a loss and during the past year it was only by reason of temporary and artificially high world prices for base metals that Consolidated Smelters was Continued on Fage 8) IS WINNING will occupy the grounds where a same time. Government Republic of Ireland al decision will be made at Vic toria later this month. the present school now sits. Its :il of fort-inn minls- MAN OF PEACE RETURNS TO FAMILY Dr. Ralph Bunche, United Nations' mediator in Palestine, gets a warm welcome from his wife and son, Ralph Jr., five, as he disembarks from the Queen Mary, which docked at New York. His mission in the Near East completed with the armistice between Israel and the Arab nations, Dr. Bunche Is retiring' as mediator and will seek an extended leave of absence before resuming his regular position in the U.N. secretariat. i cost will be $305,000. at in Paiis May 23 strict desirable capital expenditures designed to modernize and Increase the efficiency .of the railway." Mr. Mather said. In addition, the poor returns were preventing the company from undertaking projects In anticipation of settlement and the growth of industry while "the company Is in a period of expansion similar In some reflects to that which occurred In the early 1900's." "In the past," he continued. your company was Justified in embarking on such ventures con The Department of Education questions arising out RAILWAY FILM ON TELEVISION bill "Is bound to affect prejudicially the relationship between our two countries." He called the bill an attempt to confirm' the "unjust partition of our coun try." The bill states that Eire ;iun in Berlin in- has authorized the firm of Vancouver architects which Is doing quesitoit of currency NEW YORK "Introduction to the Board's work to make final il. nn..a ' a mntinn nirt.lirp In uaapc, r -- -, . . . . . plans for the new wing of color and sound which vividly j wusena wui nun uc u Booth Memorial High School on depicts life In the quaint old- lauens m oom .uu urn, the basis of revisions to original IS SKEEHA TRADITIONALLY LIBERAL? FIRST ELECTION BELIES THIS IDEA ,.iiiii intrroef n the make In view of two Impending COLD WAR world villages of the Gaspe Pen-onunn v.vib: a. Power communique, rc than two months lKSo!i;tii us, waf. jntoiioly in, Moscow, :a and Washington, ure uk week to May drawings several months ago insula of Quebec will today have 1 The revisions, suggested by the WASHINGTON O'-Will Clay fident that the earnings from its world television premiere over JDS OCCUPY ikn rnittttoa nf Ihn American Board, will reduce construction ton, former Undersecretary for uic i v.i . n vv v . rv fttf & tt tr State, said today that 'on the costs by $150,000 to $445,cuo. Tiie general elections, Rev. Canon W. F. Rushbvook, pioneer Anglican .umplioateil arrange- Broadcasting Company from Its OLKL.11N SnlrIA.IU balance, Russia is winning the, building will be situated on the ' . . i -i I i it. Its rail properties would be sufficient to carry the obligation and the risk involved until adequate traffic developed. This spirit of confidence was a major awruig normal rail-aj barge traffic cold war."- east side of the present high Supporting the Atlantic Pact school building and will be the .11) and the various WJZ-TV in New YorK key station BERUN wRussian troopS Directed by Les Mcarlane an , wearie.sday -occupied "tht Tet-produced for the Canadian Na- ,QW CanaJ shlpyttrds Which arc tional Railways with the musi- partiy in tj,e American and cal direction under the baton of partjy jn the Soviet sector of Maurice Blackburn the film re- Berlin. The reason given when cords Interesting glimpses of Ri.csian tommv-eunners took factor in opening' up western Canada and it Is In the national before the Senate relations j nrst section of a unit which committee .Clayton said "Soviet j eventually will replace the pres-Russia's principal objectives n ! cut school. nsdf h plain that no Intention of uban- Interest that your company me coia war are wj lriKinun uic Until the second unit is built. Church missionary, adds a truly reminiscent. noie. The first provincial election voting to occur In Skeena district, -Ctm.Rushbr.ook recalls, was on October 3, 1903, some. years be- fore Prince Rupert was even on the map. At that time old Port Essington was the centre of activities on this part of the coast. Some may now claim that the old idea that Skeena is traditionally Liberal is exploded since It was the Conservative candidate who obtained the majority. The vote, according to the ecclesiastical authority, was: i Peter Herman, Conservative, TU. C W D Clifford, Liberal, 51. The returning officer was A. C. Cunningham and the polling plaec, Port Essington. air lift, either sud- should again be placed In a po- rtmniratii irnvprn mpn 1 4 Irrtn vacation resorts side by side with : over were that the yards were ; sltlon U play an Important rote f xcessiVe expenditures for de- fflpif.rty- In Russian territory. iilt fle e pi Russia in sucn Developments, mis, uu fence and to frighten private Berlnrrs from star-J vlously, will not be possible as capital and Initiative so that it will. not operate freely. however, the new building will supplement the present school, providing space for administia-tlon and technical courses. Classrooms of the old building will still be used. At Its meeting last night, the Boafd moved to suggest to city SEX INSTRUCTION I long as me rate oi rcvuru on I the net investment of your com-jpany.ln transportation property BY. FILM APPROVED customs of centuries agq. It is to be used as a sustaining feature on the nation-wide chain of ABC 'deo stations coast to coast in the United States and will ' bring before millions of prospective tourists the attractions of the Gaspe Peninsula. 5.000 BUILDING VICTORIA,. B.C. 0J Parent- remains at the low level of re WEATHER WORKERS IDLE teacher groups In British Colum bia are overwhelmingly In favor To Defend JUDGE SETS en're lirs west of the ' TORONTO O -Borne 5,000 ... . Mt frr ,.,, cent years." EXPENDITURES CL'T Nothing that the company's of showing films on human re Toronto construction workers " r .V " " 'lottes ami rain and the money bylaw to the citizens. production to school children, it TRIAL DATES ' ili persist to- were idle Wednesday after several hundred additional labor- program of capital expenditure It is likely that the school by was announced oy aauoauou GAPT. ELFERT wruw over the north law will be presented to the rate Minister W. T. 8tralth. Hong Kong Great Britain Sending Naval This storm will He said a questionnaire sent for 1949 was only about equal to the total depreciation charges for the year, Mr. Mather said, "depreciation iu-iJii-iiuMi.il based on original o skies in the Curl- at the same time i that in their demand for a modi-1 Payers lied closed shop. The strike the city's telephone rehabiliU- out by the education depart ' Die west coast of &rid and some light 1 which began on Monday, nowju" 1 "" ujw, muo si.u6 cost falls far short of providing , extends to jg buildings under expense of two separate plcbis- Pates for hearing of five cases - three civil and two appeals against liquor convictions -were set by Judge W. O. Fulton In County Court Wednesday afternoon while a sixth case was advanced to the June session of the court when the date of hcar-Int: will be set. f"'d in these regions. tor replacements when, as at costruction. 1 ;(s are expected to- and Air Reinforcements j . LONDON Q) First Lord of the Admiralty A. V. Alexander told the House of Commons today that 'strong reinforcements PASSES AWAY Capt. J. R. Elfert, harbor master and port warden here for many years and naval officer during the war, passed I away early this afternoon in 1 the Prince Rupert General Hospital. He had been seized with a heart attack at the I end of last week. ment Indicates more than ,90 , percent approve the special "sex films" demonstrated to parent-teacher audiences during the last few months. - 'It is proposed to begin the new film courses in the 1949-50 school term. The films deal with human- reproduction from a matter of fact standpoint, he said. WfRia Strait. It is southern interior "Il change !S exoeci- present, the purchasing power of the dollar is so much less than il was when the assets now being replaced were originally acquired. :: TODAY'S STOCKS r tomorrow. (Courtesy S. D. Johnston Co. Ltd.) Trial setting session was delayed from lis regular period on the first Monday of the month fwtcasl "Awaiting the outcome of the JarlotU's naval and air-were being sen! to Hong Kong in view of the situation in China. Hong Kong would be defended, if attacked, he made plain. In Shanghai the official Cen I North ""ii'u pending pending freight ireui. rat mtt proceed because" of the absence of Judge Beattle Bevcoift 4 24 12 jjiumu- 3 May am) K,.1(1.iy lngs yolr cjirr.ctors have deemed "'wst cto m.p.h ), it prudent to defer projectsj zBobJo In nnffalo Canadian 12 teinncint me ,-,,nilun euhslimt.in.1 eeon Fulton, who returned from Vancouver Wednesday. June 3 was set lor the heaving of a damage action by Andreas ,U ' " Will II pt""''' ,.v.w L aild 1 1 i tl 1 1 Ijidwh-. i.. t-i, Knut Inti.rncl nf Khln- Vancouver Bavonnc Bralomc B. R. Con. B. R. X Cariboo Quart?. Congress Hedley Mascot Pacific Easter no1. 2 9.00 . .03J4 .10 1.20 . 04 .22 .05 Ullllt rt. lin: mew w. 4- " wily 4t) and 50, tiers and the general public can- and 50 Pi ince Ru- nut be served by thus restricting tral News Agency reported today that Chinese Communists had signed a mutual aitl pact with North Korean Reds and pledged Joint aid in a "Joint struggle against American and 4j() Consol. Smelters . 97.50 Conwest' 109 Donalda 48 Eldona 62 East Sullivan 2.C3 Giant Yellowknife .... 6.05 God's Lake 35 17 N. Pavlikls, Tark Avenue, against Martin J. Saunders for $750 damages resulting from blasting operations several months ago. Brown and Harvey are acting MacPHERSON LOSES MONEY, FAILS TO GET JOB, TREK FROM MONTANA 111 luck dogged the wheel tracks of Wallace Mac-Pherson, a Montana rancher who drove his ancient truck here from the northern American state Wednesday. He lost his wallet and failed to get a job with . Columbia. Cellulose Co. Pend Oreille 410 the flow of money into the improvement of rail properties." It was to be hoped that, in the Interest of providing the most efficient transportation, British Imperialism. 3.40 lor the plaintiff and MacLeod Ml' IWSIUNS ''xty entries tn Ul. pillions to dekr- those conditions would be cor- and Ray for tha defendtnt. Two appeals by Andrew Bloomberg against conviction on charges of selling liquor to In f three new. reeled in the near future. Pioneer .... Premier Border .... Privateer, Reeves McDonald Reno Sheep Creek Taku River Vananda Salmon Gold ,ml'S SOOll 1,(1 ho 1 hW nrtrlrPKS Mr. Mather .02:' i .16 2.05 .05 1.25 .30 20 .11 Brown .and Harvey, are acting for the plaintiff ano MaeLeod 'and Ray for the deferent. Tio-irincr nf a ease involving a lHHm(,1,, ,,( e.n' i.l IV.. ,1 .,lll.,.,r.li irnniS enrn- Mr. MacPherson left his home at Obsorokce, Mpn- tnmi a month aco and has 'in nun u Him., tii'iiv", . or8aiilzal loirs 75th ings of the railway were at the dians will be heard on June 7. Bloomberg Bloomberg i-yWff Is appealing against mst Harricana .' Heva 08 Hosco ... 21 Jacknifc M Jollet Quebec -40 Lapaska 00 Vi Little Long Lac 75 Lynx -14"s Madsen Red Lake 3 00 MeKenie Red Lake 41 level In company his ?8 Ucn aguinst s. bcm crulsing throut,h weBter; Hls first act on arrival here convictions handed down rjy vrnPt. was s L for -ooHa mnsi.lv in the Cariboo, was to uromotc a small sum so ;f Ktwllrtil by hlRhcsl ;' Mil i)t tiv,.,, rlir " Stipendiary " Magistrate H. V. - " :.- j ' . ,,,.-.. .-.,,, could , Spud Valley 03 'Ell! lory, "net earnings of $18,400.-000 from rail operations were .. ii.l 1 ..f Krt , . -U ... .. .n Mav 30. Three loggers named looking, he said, for a likely that he send a telegram ranch soot. Nothing turned up. i for funds to relatives in the Oils- i little more man one-win u t - HOU1US ill. run, cuwaiu Ull nym - . . ,. .... ho ,o,, jrSir s' st."sss so he continued west, hoping to 4.25 .23 Anglo Cunadian A. P. Con east. Undaunted by his misfortune, Mr. MacPherson hoped to get his money soon enough to take passage on the Prince ' Rupert get a Job at the Columbia Cellulose Co.'s Watson Island construction project. His American citizenship cre inch! earning power of , $&z,jj,uuu which the Board of Transport Commissioners in Its judgment of March 30, 1948 (granting railways an increase of 21 percent in freight rates) found to Atlantic , - -72 Calniont 42 C. & E 5-75 Central Leduc 10U last night for Ketchikan, where. own ocnau. a,, u April S.-TTw. Brown is acting U, fo John acting as age for the Crown in both cases and ure Stanton. Vanct.uvci .a v H ho Willa M. Ray is appearing for is representing the three plains Blomberg. ( Judge Fulton set June 10 as Uffs-ihe. dam for hearinc a claim by! An action by British Columbia ated a barrier to that plan at Home Oil - H- o timn when he found himself i he had been told, a man could LEADER McLeod Cockshutt 102 Moncta -42'-2 Negus 215 Noranda , 54.00 Pickle Crow 2.05 Regc.ourt (,4'14 San Antonio 4.05 Senator Rouyn 3H Sbcrrit Gordon I-50 Steep Rock - I 40 Sturgeon River -16 Silver Miller -37 be reasonable. eritieallv short of money. It I make a substantial amount I Vlc Centre . ti t rw,i .i vfi eppms np insL ins wallet, wiiue uuhik taiwctj i 2.54 2.85 .084 .10 .15 .15 "The disappointment with the result for the past year is the keener because in Canada the year- was, as Hon. D. C. Howe, minister of finance, said In his Okalta Pacific Pete Royal Canadian ., South Brazeau Toronto AUiona Aumaquc r, May it 5 f f'-U wlluTi whlih Vieis vLsdK ualms is Merur Sfo o a debt'of 554 was set 'changing a tire on his 1933 Ford The faithful model B Ford, he , t setting truck near the Rainbow Lake planned to place In storage until June f for labor and material In over to ' owing fixed. ' summit on his westward trek, 'his return from Alaska. ; 7:45 I'onneei.ion wi . n a oo oont-. t oatu" vi .v budget speech a short time ago, If FRIDAY NIGHT IS DANCING Sourdough Orchestra Old-Timc Vodvillc Beard Judging Costume l'rizes 9:00 P.F1 50c Beans 'n Bacon Phony Money AT THE CIVIC CENTRE A HOT TIME IN THE OLD TOWN! NIGHT ONDYKE K FliOLIC AND FUN FOR KvhRYONh NO DRESSIN UP Carnival of the Year in Days of '98 Style Proceeds for Gyro Swimming Pool